7. Dixit ergo eis iterum 7. Jesus therefore said to Iesus: Amen, amen dico vobis, them again: Amen, amen, I say quia ego sum ostium ovium. to you, I am the door of the sheep. 7. *Jesus therefore said to them again*; _i.e._, _because_ they did not understand, He explains. As we have said already, we take the door here to be the same as in verse 1, and the reference in both cases to be to Christ. Here, however, Christ is spoken of as the door through which the sheep, there as the door through which the shepherd, entered. But this need create no difficulty, for as we explained in our preliminary remarks on verse 1, there was only one door on the ordinary sheepfold, and through it both sheep and shepherd entered. 8. Omnes quotquot venerunt, 8. All _others_, as many as fures sunt et latrones, et non have come, are thieves and audierunt eos oves. robbers: and the sheep heard them not. 8. *All others, as many as ** have come* (many ancient authorities add “before Me”). The sense is: all others who have come forward before now, pretending to be the door, the Messias, _are_ thieves and robbers. The present “_are_” is used to denote the essential character of their nature. *But* (ἀλλ᾽, _at_ not _et_) *the sheep heard them not*; _i.e._, did not listen to them so as to remain their disciples. Many such impostors pretending to be the Messias had arisen before this time; such were Theodas and Judas of Galilee (Acts v. 36, 37); and, after the time of Christ, Simon Magus, Barchochebas, and others appeared in the same character. 9. Ego sum ostium. Per me si 9. I am the door. By me, if quis introierit, salvabitur: any man enter in, he shall be et ingredietur, et egredietur, saved: and he shall go in, and et pascua inveniet. go out, and shall find pastures. 9. Christ here declares Himself the door absolutely; and therefore, as we have held, the door of both sheep and shepherds. He then proceeds to explain in this verse what this means in reference to the sheep, and in next verse what it means in reference to the shepherds. *Shall go in and go out* is a Hebraism (1 Kings xxix. 6; 2 Paral. i. 10; Psalm. cxx. 8), meaning he shall deal securely, confidently, and freely.(72) 10. Fur non venit nisi ut 10. The thief cometh not, but furetur, et mactet, et perdat. for to steal and to kill and Ego veni ut vitam habeant, et to destroy. I am come that abundantius habeant. they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.